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graver en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English gravere, graver, gravoure, from Old English græfere, grafere (“graver; engraver; sculptor”), equivalent to grave (“to engrave”) + -er. Cognate with Dutch graveur, German Graveur, Danish gravør, Swedish gravör, Icelandic grafari.

Meanings

  1. (dated) a burin
  2. (obsolete) a carver, sculptor, or engraver
    • […] the parts within the contorno are drawn by the incisions of the graver […] a. 1798, James Barry, Observations on different works of art in France and Ital:
    • 1852-1854, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures The graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs.

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graver en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree English grave Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English graver From grave (adjective) + -er.

Meanings

  1. (comparative, form-of) comparative form of grave: more grave
    form of grave